Once Upon a Time recap: Who will die?

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Owner of a broken heart

Emma, Neal, David and Henry rush back to Storybrooke to save the life of Mr. Gold and try to stop Regina and Cora from using the dagger to steal his powers for their own. One will die, but who will it be?

On this episode of Once Upon a Time, called "The Miller's Daughter," we find out what made Cora (Barbara Hershey) into the woman she is, starting with her life as a lowly peasant girl. Much like Rumplestiltskin (Robert Carlyle), it was after reached her lowest point that Cora decided to fight back.

Meanwhile, back in the current world, Emma (Jennifer Morrison), Neal (Michael Raymond-James), David (Josh Dallas) and Mary Margaret (Ginnifer Goodwin) get Gold back to his shop, where he says there is magic to cure him. He has them set up some warding spells, once of which is cast by Emma herself — after a little coaching from Gold. It turns out the magic Gold was speaking of is the very same magical candle that little Snow White was unable to use to save her own mother. Gold wants her to use it to save him, and since she's been thinking long and hard about revenge, the idea isn't as far-fetched as it might have been.

In fairytale land, young Cora (played by Rose McGowan) sneaks into a ball, but she is caught by the king and now has to spin straw into gold to save her life and marry the prince. In comes Rumple (of course), who offers to give her a way to perform the feat, but soon the two fall in love and she finds she has a choice: Marry the prince for power or run off with Rumplestiltskin for love. She chooses power — but can only do so after ripping out her own heart and keeping it in a box.

It's that heart that spells her end. Mary Margaret does decide to use the candle over Cora's heart; then she tricks Regina into putting the organ back into her mother, where it kills her almost instantly. Mary Margaret tells Regina that giving the heart back will restore her mother's love, and it does do just that — for about 30 seconds. Now Regina is more mad than ever at Mary Margaret, ensuring that the hatred she has for her former stepdaughter isn't going away anytime soon.